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While there is an art/talent to it, there are a lot of basics that are /not followed/ by a lot of shitposters. Like READING THE ARTICLE. Like not assuming that

• japhyr 8y ago
  That wasn't a shitpost. I've spent my life teaching, and a good part of my work has been trying to undo the damage done by teachers who say things like "this is wrong, what's the matter with you". I became a teacher because I love math and science. When I was in college I noticed how many people hate those two subjects. When I started asking around and trying to figure out why so many people hate these subjects, it almost always came back to how they were taught. Some people are resilient enough to hear things like this and let it slide. But many young people who spend a year or more with a teacher who tells them there's something wrong with them are significantly affected by that experience.
  • sdenton4 8y ago
    The article is about a pretty herculean effort to improve the level of teaching in a particular low-performing school. The post was effectively "teachers would be better if they were better teachers" which doesn't engage at all with the content of the article, or the central question of /how/ one might take on the problem of improving teaching quality.
• dang 8y ago
  Please don't break the site guidelines, even when another comment was bad or you feel that it was. I know it's not easy when the topic is one you feel strongly about, but it's necessary in order to prevent the site from destroying itself. The container is fragile here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html